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That bloody school is make life hard at this time of year

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Bluebluetuesday · 04/12/2025 17:07

We're all running about, getting ready fir Christmas, blagging work for multiple periods if time off to attend school events, sending in colour coordinated gifts for the raffle, being harassed by the bloody class rep for teachers gifts etc etc etc.

Then the school send out an email and a text and a Dojo to tell us they've cancelled all the lunch bookings for next Wednesday as it's a special Christmas Lunch and we've to rebook if dc want it.
The bloody lunch on a Wednesday is a cooked dinner anyway, with exactly the same component parts as the bloody Christmas lunch.
It's just so bloody petty and annoying, they seem to be sending 20 plus comms a day at the moment and this has tipped me over the edge

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Apocketfilledwithposies · 04/12/2025 17:44

My child's school sent a letter home last week saying what character my child will be in the school Xmas play and saying we don't need to buy an outfit.

Then this week sent a letter home saying we did need to buy a costume and it needed to be at school by x date (which was less than a week away).

😡

Tootiredforthis23 · 04/12/2025 17:40

My DCs school had 4 non uniform days in a month, each asking for a different item donated for the school fair. Plus children in need was another non uniform day with the £1 donation as well. And there’s the school fair, book fair and christmas party that all cost as well. This at a school in one of the most deprived areas in the UK, and I know it’s not compulsory but obviously kids notice if you don’t join in. Luckily we can afford it but I know for lots of parents it’ll be a lot of pressure to spend right before Christmas. Just seems quite thoughtless on the schools part.

SarahAndQuack · 04/12/2025 17:33

I adore DD's school; they are wonderful. I therefore smile and nod. But it drives me nuts how much fannying about there is, like this! They are completely chaotic about communications, so you never know whether a crucial bit of info will be on a note in your child's book bag, on an email attachment buried in paragraph three of the headteacher's weekly news bulletin, or on a totally separate email which may or may not have a title relevant to the news actually contained within. Trying to figure out something as simple as when the Nativity Service might be, or whatever, is a constant battle.

Oh, and that doesn't include the times when they simply don't include crucial info in any official communication, and just send it home by word of mouth from your child ... because obviously, a primary-school-aged child is a totally reliable and excellent source of information and won't even possibly just forget to tell you.

showmethegin · 04/12/2025 17:18

Straw that broke the camels back OP. It’s absolutely ridiculous. The requests are incessant. It’s our first year experiencing it as DS is in pre school

Hereforthecommentz · 04/12/2025 17:14

I think you need to give your head a wobble. Just book the lunch or make packed lunch. It happens every year.

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Bluebluetuesday · 04/12/2025 17:12

Sirzy · 04/12/2025 17:10

I’m guessing for Christmas dinner day that is the only option though therefore school need to let parents know that so they can send a packed lunch if needed. If they have the booking system normally then it being changed for a special lunch would make sense.

I do understand that the kids who were down for special diet etc would need to change, but surely they could just click a button and change the cooked dinner to Christmas dinner for all the dc already subscribed. To add insult they sent a link to it that didn't even work, so they probably got loads of emails and calls about it, just making work for everyone involved.

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BeingATwatItsABingThing · 04/12/2025 17:11

Yeah, that is annoying. Surely they knew when Christmas lunch would be and set it up in advance? My DD’s was already on there when I booked this term’s lunches.

Sirzy · 04/12/2025 17:10

I’m guessing for Christmas dinner day that is the only option though therefore school need to let parents know that so they can send a packed lunch if needed. If they have the booking system normally then it being changed for a special lunch would make sense.